Definitive Global Transfusion Study Supports Patient Safety, Positive Patient Outcomes (IMAGE)

St. Michael's Hospital

Definitive Global Transfusion Study Supports Patient Safety, Positive Patient Outcomes

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Lower thresholds for blood transfusions during cardiac surgery have proven to be safe and provide good patient outcomes compared to traditional thresholds, according to the largest research study ever performed in this area. The findings were presented Sunday at the American Heart Association's annual meeting in Anaheim. Calif., by Dr. David Mazer, an anesthesiologist at St. Michael's Hospital and associate scientist in its Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science. They were published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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